Singing Oaks Church of Christ | Casey McCollum

The Idol of Control

By Casey McCollum, Campus Minister | January 10, 2014

I’m sitting in Starbucks right now as I write this. It’s a noisy Starbucks with all kinds of loud people coming and going and really bad elevator music playing in the background. I sure wish I could control all the noise around me.

But this is not just any Starbucks. This Starbucks is inside Cook’s Children’s Hospital in Ft. Worth. We are here because Clare, our 4 yr. old daughter, is getting an MRI. Clare broke her leg earlier this year and the follow-up x-ray showed a spot on her right femur so our doctor ordered an MRI. The spot on her femur is not related to the break, and the radiologist that looked at the original x-ray was fairly certain that what he saw was innocuous, but when it’s your four year old daughter, “fairly certain” isn’t good enough. When discussing the spot, terms like cancer and tumor were used. I sure wish I could control all the joys and pains my daughter will go through.

God Shouldn’t Be First In Our Lives

By Casey McCollum, Campus Minister | October 18, 2013

When it comes to listing our priorities, everyone seems to know the right answer. It’s our faith first, family second, and after that, whatever we choose. Now we of course don’t always live by these priorities, it just means we paid attention in Sunday school.

We are taught early on to seek first the Kingdom of God which sounds really great, because you know, it’s in the Bible and all. But frankly, there are many days when I don’t know what that means. Or maybe I know what it means, but I really don’t know what to do with it.

Too Busy Not to Pray

By Casey McCollum, Campus Minister | August 23, 2013

We’ve made an idol of being busy. Busyness is next to Godliness.

Now, we may not come out and say it like that, but that is how we live. If we are not busy there must be something wrong. Productivity is king. You’re worth what you produce. This is why prayer is difficult for many of us. (And I mean deep, focused, and sustained disciplines of prayer and reflection – not what we do before meals.) It doesn’t seem to do anything.

Voices

By Casey McCollum, Campus Minister | May 31, 2013

One of my favorite moments of raising our two children was when they finally started to recognize our voices. This of course happens long before they are able to reply back with “Hi, Daddy” but there is no doubt that they know who is calling them.

Recognizing a familiar voice is a powerful thing. Whether it’s your children, a longtime friend that you haven’t seen in a while or the calming voice of your spouse at the end of a long day. Just hearing that familiar voice makes all the difference.

THE NEXT small THING!

By Casey McCollum, Campus Minister | April 5, 2013

Imagine you were one of the twelve disciples or one of the many other women and men who followed Jesus around. You have traveled with him, heard him teach and preach, and even seen miracles. You’re convinced that he is who he says he is, the long awaited Messiah, come to save the world. You’ve bought in and you are passionate about Jesus. Not only this but you desperately want others to come along.